Laurens Vreekamp
Laurens Vreekamp is a journalist, panel member at Mediaforum (Dutch Public Radio), and founder of the Future Journalism Today Academy. He has trained more than 3,000 journalists and professionals in media on AI, wrote two books on the topic (Not our AI, 2025 & The Art of AI, 2022), and advised the Council of Europe as a member of the Expert Group on Increasing Media Resilience (MSI-RES). Previously, he was a Teaching Fellow at Google's News Lab and a lecturer-researcher UX Design at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, where he was voted Teacher of the Year.
"As a trainer, it's always astonishing to see what people can achieve when they carefully experiment with new technology. Through ideation, prototyping, reflection and discussion, we can open new conceptual doors in our minds."